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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T00:41:42+00:00 2026-05-27T00:41:42+00:00

TimeZone.getTimeZone(US/Mountain) and TimeZone.getTimeZone(MST) are returning different results. Does MST in this java class not

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TimeZone.getTimeZone("US/Mountain") and TimeZone.getTimeZone("MST") are returning different results. Does MST in this java class not represent “Mountain Standard Time”?

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    2026-05-27T00:41:43+00:00Added an answer on May 27, 2026 at 12:41 am

    You should not use the short three letter names (MST) in Java. This has been deprecated since 1998 (see JDK 1.3 TimeZone).

    See Sun Alert 102836 for more info on some issues and workarounds, but you should really be using long names (“America/Denver” I believe in this case).

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